Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-01

dist party in a school house the floor gave
way and fifteen persons were severely
bruised, burned and scalded and sustained
fractures of the limbs No deaths.
4 The Sanderson steel works at Syracuse
New York, took fire Sunday night ant
burned with a loss of $22o,OOO. The work,
covered two acres and were established
twelve years ago by the Sandersons o
Sheffield, England, who were the owners
| Domestic News
Secretary Manning landed at Queenstow,
Thursday. :1~5:s.s
Three barges loaded with ceal were sunl
near Evansville, Ind, by high wind.
The picture sale of the A. T. Stewart els
tate at New York City amounted to $513,
no.
New York and Canadian capitalists have
organized with $1O, COO, 900 to develop mining
lands in the Dominion. @.
John Kapples, on his way from Boston t.
Wisconsin blew out the gas in Chicago
hotel and died from suffocation.
Eliza Weathersby, wife of Nat G. Good
win, died at New York City, aged 80. She
was a pleasing burlesque actress.
The state of California has obtained
judgment against two former harbor com
missioners for 100000 misappropriated by
the secretary of the commission.
Mr.. and Mrs. Worloge of Minerva, Ohio,
were rendered insane because their daugh-
ter was deserted by Charles Bremen, who
was engaged to marry her. The girl is
dying. -
The French steamer Scotia, with 1000
| Italian immigrants on board went ashore
| 10 miles east Of of Fire Island, Long Island
en- the25th. The life saving crew rescued
| the passengers.
The State Department calls the attention
of American manufacturers to the coming
display in Milan, Italy of -four mill
machinery and apparatus connected with
bread making.
Commissioner Coleman has returned from
Louisiana, whittier he went, three weeks
ago, to prepare the way for experiments in
cane sugar making by the diffusion process.
he speaks hopefully Of the outlook.
The Gate City Gas Company, of Atlanta,
Ca, capital $500, 900, has been placed in the
hands of receiver, on account of the
failure and flight Of W. E. Lawton, of New
York, who was its treasurer and secretary.
The issue of standard silver dollars from
the minis during the week ending March e.
was S4323S7; during the corresponding
of fractional silver coin, since March l,
amount to 1852, 00S.
The March storms in the East have sub
merged that section with snow from two to
five feet in depth, blockading railroads in
many states, particularly in Vermont, Con-
necticut and Pennsylvania, where trains
were stolp ped in deep snow and drifts, on
the 23rd.
DR.. A. G. Ely, aged g., prominent
physician worth $4,000, committed
suicide at his home in Girard, Pa, by
taking morphine. The delusion that his
that poverty was Imminent drove him to
self murder.
The business failures during the past
week number for the United States, 218 and
for Canada Al; total, 259, as against 900
last week and 221 for the corresponding
week OF last year The casualties this week
southern States and in Canada.
]. g. Hagget with two sons and daugh
ter was drowned on Sunday in San Francis
co bay, on the Alameda side. The party
were in a row boat and the father stood up
to put on bis overcoat, capsized the boat
throwing the occupants into the water. A
third son was saved by a boat near by, but
the others were drowned.
The Governor Of Virginia has been advised
by cable that the London holders OF state
bonds are to appoint commissioners to pro-
coed to Virginia and arrange with repre-
sentatives of the state for settlement of
the debt: In consequence, joint resolu-
ton for the creation OF commission has
been introduced in the senate at Richmond.
For some days there has been unusual
activity in the movement of freight upon
all the lines tributary to San Francisco in
anticipation of an increased tariff after
April l, when the interstate commerce law
goes into effect. 1t is thought that this
weeks basiness in east and west bound
freight will exceed that Of any other week
in the history ef the Pacific coast,
The grand jury of Victoria county, New
Brunswick, has indicted Hon. John
Costigan. Dominion minister, of internal
revenue, for bribery in the late election.
A warrant has been issued for his arrest,
and his trial will be held at the next session.
If guilty he will be DISTINGUISHED and lose
all offices and honors. The matter causes a
big sensation and the government is moving
heaven and earth to save him.
The collections of the internal revenue
during the first eight months Of the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1887, were $74 24s, 1903,
being s947, $50 less than the collections dur
ing the corresponding periol OF the last fiscal
year. There was decrease of 81, 737 1856 in
the receipts from spirits; an increase OF
$l4.9 on miscellaneous, and a decrease of
$56,.94 on penaltles. The receips for Febru-
ary, 1887, were $50, O63 less than the receipts
for the same month Of 1886. s
It is said that the decision of the Illinois
Supreme Court in the cases Of the con
demned Chicago anarchists will not be
rendered until next September. The
anarchists are much depressed since the
arguments were presented in that court,
J and great disappointed at the weakness
/. of the effort in their behalf by Leonard
| SWEET, and dismayed at the strength Of the
presentation on behalf of the State
| Neither new trial or reversal of the
verdict Is now expected.
At Leetonia, Ohio, while Pittsburg